From St. Helena Star: UpValley Family Centers offers free bilingual tax services in St. Helena, Calistoga
February 5, 2019, Staff The UpValley Family Centers has helped low-income individuals with free tax preparation service for 17 years – helping to generate $5.4 million in refunds for northern Napa County residents. “We help more and more individuals file their taxes every year, but we know there are still […]
From The Weekly Calistogan: UpValley Family Centers offers free tax preparation
January 28, 2019, by Staff UpValley Family Center’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program is providing free tax preparation services from Jan. 28 to April 15. Free federal and state tax preparation services will be offered at UpValley Family Center offices in Calistoga and St. Helena, as well as the […]
From Napa Valley Register: Napa Valley Community Foundation offering scholarship opportunities
January 22, 2019 by Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation is encouraging students to apply for seven scholarship opportunities, made available each year thanks to local donors. The deadline for the 2019-2020 academic year is March 11, and awards range in size from $350 to more than $5,000. Scholarships are […]
From Napa Valley Register: Napa to mark Martin Luther King Day with volunteering, films and ceremony
Jan 17, 2019 by Howard Yune Napa County groups will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day this weekend with an array of celebrations, films and opportunities for public service in honor of the civil rights leader. The Celebration of Compassion and Inspired Action begins on Sunday and will continue into […]
From Napa Valley Register: Napa issues more affordable housing permits, seeks ways to promote more
December 21, 2018 By Howard Yune Napa is continuing to give out more permits for residential add-ons to existing homes – but city planners will continuing looking for ways to lower the hurdles for those scared away from building such cheaper-to-rent annexes for fear of high fees and red tape. […]
From St. Helena Star: Aunt Helena
November 18, 2018, Aunt Helena The California Retired Teachers Association of Napa Valley is once again announcing the availability of scholarships for current and aspiring teachers, awarded in the names of former educators Edward W. Solomon and Judith B. Cutcomb. Solomon scholarships are offered to all teachers and paraprofessionals in the county; the […]
From Napa Valley Register: NapaStat
November 7, 2018 $1,265: Average grant (for needs such as rent, utilities, and clothing) given to workers displaced by the October 2017 fires. The grants were provided by the Napa Valley Community Foundation.
From Napa Valley Register: ‘Second’ responders honored; grants to be distributed
October 19, 2018. Register Staff “I’ll never forget the flames and embers that were floating while I was driving,” said Napa resident David Preimesberger about his narrow escape from the fire that consumed his home one year ago. “It was surreal.” Preimesberger had just returned home from a business trip […]
From Napa Valley Register: Tyler Florence, Mondavi Winery and the Napa Valley Film Festival host event
October 10, 2018, by Register Staff Robert Mondavi Winery, the Napa Valley Film Festival and Chef Tyler Florence will join forces to host a dinner and screening fundraiser one year after the 2017 Northern California wildfires. The evening will feature a three-course meal prepared by Florence and Robert Mondavi Winery […]
From NCG.org: The Theory and Practice of Disaster Grantmaking
October 8, 2018, by Terence Mulligan Roughly a year ago, I participated in a funders meeting about the North Bay fires, hosted by our friends at Northern California Grantmakers. At that time, I said in jest that I planned to spend the rest of my career in an iron box […]
